Sunday, April 13, 2008

the thought, spray, names

In the supermarket, I grab a bunch of tulips, and add it to the shopping. At home, it appears that the flowers are on their last legs, almost at an end of their useful life. "The thought is nice," says Heidi. We decide to discard most of the flowers and put the thought in a vase.

The buds and embryo catkins of a silver birch spread out from its branches like green spray.

Among some people's names which emerge in a Collection ofBad Baby Names by Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback are: Warren Peace and Chastity Beltz.

About Me

Compasses

Following their Handbook for Explorers collaboration on the Compasses site (link below), Lucy Kempton and I are working together on a new venture, Questions. This is a series of poems submitted by each of us alternately, and prompted in the case of each poem by the previous poem and a new question. It is a process of adventure and discovery. Join us for the ride.http://www.compasses-lucyandjoe.blogspot.com/